Discovery of the first Ap star in an eclipsing binary system

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Authors

SKARKA Marek KABÁTH Petr PAUNZEN Ernst MAŠEK M ŽÁK Jiří JANÍK Jan

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Stars and their Variability Observed from Space
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Faculty of Science

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Web https://starsandspace.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_stars/Proceedings/2020starsconf..0175S.pdf
Keywords Stars: chemically peculiar; inidividual: HD 99458; binaries: eclipsing
Description We report the discovery of a very special object, the first star of its kind. HD 99458 appeared to be a chemically peculiar star of Ap type, showing overabundances of Si, Ti and other heavy elements which are concentrated into spots. The spots produce rotational modulation of light variations. In addition, the star shows pulsations of a ? Scuti type, which has never before been reported in Ap stars. The star is in a binary system with a red-dwarf companion, which is also very rare among magnetic chemically-peculiar stars. In this paper we discuss new observations and results concerning the pulsation period and chemical peculiarity of this object.
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